1. 1 Pilot Testing & Training

2. 2 2 Piloting the questionnaire After several drafts… you are now ready to pilot! Initially, try the full questionnaire; if new or tricky sections, pilot separately. Why do we pilot? Feedback on: –Wording of the questions – are they understood? –Flow of the sections – logical? –Options – using right local terms? –Estimate time taken to complete an interview: are people tired? Will it be too expensive? –Train supervisors & monitors!

3. 3 Pilot testing Pilot more if it is a new topic (there are more examples of what works and what doesn’t in surveys on socio-economic levels of household and less about financial behavior) Pilot individual sections more if needed As a general rule: 20-30 households for a large survey. Smaller surveys, 8-10 households. –Find a population similar to your study area –Do not pilot in your study area!

4. 4 Training Instruction manuals are very important Each question – clear instructions [how to ask, skips, type of data to record, meaning/definitions] Training –Classroom –Mock training –Field testing –Piloting Retrain during the survey if necessary